Bill Text: NY A01269 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes limits upon local government tax levies.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to local governments [A01269 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01269-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          1269

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. McDONALD, PAULIN, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, FAHY, OTIS,
          PALMESANO, JEAN-PIERRE, MORINELLO -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
          FRIEND,  McDONOUGH, MIKULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  establishing
          limits upon local government tax levies

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (e) and (h) of subdivision 2 of section  3-c  of
     2  the general municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 97
     3  of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (e)  "Local  government"  means  a  county,  city, town, village, fire
     5  district, or special district including but not limited  to  a  district
     6  created  pursuant  to article twelve or twelve-A, or governed by article
     7  thirteen of the town law, or created pursuant to article five-A,  five-B
     8  or  five-D  of the county law, [chapter five hundred sixteen of the laws
     9  of nineteen hundred twenty-eight,] or chapter two hundred  seventy-three
    10  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred thirty-nine, and shall include town
    11  improvements provided pursuant to articles three-A and twelve-C  of  the
    12  town  law  but  shall  not  include the city of New York or the counties
    13  contained therein or special districts established pursuant  to  article
    14  nineteen-A of this chapter.
    15    (h)  "Tax"  or  "taxes"  shall  include (i) a charge imposed upon real
    16  property by or on behalf of a county,  city,  town,  village  or  school
    17  district  for municipal or school district purposes, and (ii) special ad
    18  valorem levies and special assessments as defined in subdivisions  four-
    19  teen and fifteen of section one hundred two of the real property tax law
    20  but  not  including ad valorem levies and special assessments authorized
    21  to be established and imposed pursuant to section nine hundred  eighty-j
    22  of this chapter.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02646-01-3
        A. 1269                             2

     1    §  2.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section
     2  3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1  of  part  A  of
     3  chapter  97  of  the laws of 2011, is amended and a new paragraph (v) is
     4  added to read as follows:
     5    (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
     6  state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
     7  sion two of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the  education  law,
     8  increases  by  more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
     9  tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
    10  government employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state  teachers'
    11  retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
    12  two percentage points[.];
    13    (v)  ad valorem levies and special assessments authorized to be estab-
    14  lished and imposed pursuant to section nine  hundred  eighty-j  of  this
    15  chapter.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.